The Seven Sisters: Where The Story Begins

The Seven Sisters: Where The Story Begins

<b>The first book in a series from #1 internationally bestselling author Lucinda Riley, author of <i>The Midnight Rose</i>€"hailed as €œan extraordinary story [and] a complex, deeply engaging tale filled with fascinating characters€ (<i>Library Journal</i>).</b><br /><br />Maia D€Apliese and her five sisters gather together at their childhood home, €œAtlantis€€"a fabulous, secluded castle situated on the shores of Lake Geneva€"having been told that their beloved father, who adopted them all as babies, has died. Each sister is handed a tantalizing clue to her true heritage€"a clue that takes Maia across the world to a crumbling mansion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Once there, she begins to put together the pieces of her story.<br /> <br />Eighty years earlier in the Rio of the 1920s, Izabela Bonifacio€s father has aspirations for his daughter to marry into the aristocracy. Meanwhile, architect Heitor da Silva Costa is devising plans for an enormous statue, to be called <i>Christ the Redeemer</i>, and will soon travel to Paris to find the right sculptor to complete his vision. Izabela€"passionate and longing to see the world€"convinces her father to allow her to accompany him and his family to Europe before she is married. There, at Paul Landowski€s studio and in the heady, vibrant cafes of Montparnasse, she meets ambitious young sculptor Laurent Brouilly, and knows at once that her life will never be the same again.<br /> <br />In this sweeping, epic tale of love and loss€"the first in a unique, spellbinding series€"Lucinda Riley showcases her storytelling talents like never before.